Loose Gun Law Consequences

The June 18 article "In Britain, Armed Officers Are A Rarity" [news] reported that in Britain "the vast majority of police officers patrol with batons and pepper spray." Very few carry guns. That's possible because the police almost never have to face suspects carrying guns. Britain's gun laws are strict.

In the U.S., however, our gun laws are loose. This allows people like Dylann Roof to easily get a gun. Most people in the U.S., including gun owners, favor universal background checks for those buying guns. Why is it that our representatives in Washington can't give us a law that will help to curb some of the gun violence in our country?